Psychology of Blacks Quotes

“The first of these is learning to relate to potential partners out of a sense of respect, genuine caring, friendship, love, and true intimacy. Too often, young men and women seek to meet their own personal needs by manipulating others. This style of relating to others becomes so habitual that it becomes difficult to access and utilize more genuine styles of relating.”
― Thomas A Parham, Psychology of Blacks: Centering Our Perspectives in the African Consciousness

“family stability does not begin with the institution of marriage, but rather, begins with the mindset of both males and females that is forged in the formative years of adolescence and young adulthood. In previous editions (Parham et al., 1999), we have argued that building healthy families must begin with our youth and the socialization/childrearing process. Among those”
― Thomas A Parham, Psychology of Blacks: Centering Our Perspectives in the African Consciousness